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Clashes raged between the forces of Syria’s Islamist-led Interim Government and fighters affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in Aleppo on January 9, with reports indicating that the death toll from the battle in the northern Syrian city has risen 50.
Escalation began at the start of the week following a round of talks in Damascus which failed to produce any progress towards the implementation of the Mach integration agreement.
Government forces began a fully-fledged military operation to capture the two neighborhoods from Kurdish fighters a day earlier. The forces managed to storm Ashrafieh, and state media reported that the neighborhood was brought under control. However, the other side said that only a part of the neighborhood was lost.
The early morning saw a temporary ceasefire declared between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m. with the government, which also sent buses to the entrance of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh claiming that an agreement was reached with the SDF to withdraw Kurdish fighters from there.
However, the stunt failed, with the general council of the two neighborhoods later issuing a statement rejecting calls to surrender.
“The appeals directed by the Damascus government forces to our people and our security forces are calls for surrender. However, our people in these neighborhoods are determined to stay and defend them,” the statement said.
In a follow up statement, the general council reiterated its stance, saying there would be no retreat from protecting the neighborhoods.
“We cannot take a single step back regarding the protection of our neighborhoods. We have made our decision to remain in our neighborhoods and defend them,” it added.
After failing to force Kurdish fighters to withdraw, government forces announced that they will open a “humanitarian corridor” in the neighborhoods to allow people to evacuate. The fighting has already displaced around 16,0000 people, according to state media and officials.
“The Operations Command of the Syrian Arab Army told SANA that a humanitarian corridor will be opened from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. They urged residents of the Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood to quickly leave and move to other neighborhoods of Aleppo via the al-Awarid corridor, and called on SDF fighters to lay down their weapons, stating that they will be secured,” reported the state-run SANA news agency .
Amid the ceasefire it was reported that the government closed all routes leading to territories controlled by the SDF in northern and eastern Syria, including crossing on the Euphrates River. There were also reports of renewed diplomatic efforts to de-esclate, with United States Envoy Tom Barrack traveling to Syria and President Ahmad al-Sharaa phoning Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barazani.
The ceasefire, however, ended with no agreement, and clashes quickly resumed with government forces issuing warnings then shelling several parts of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh.
Among the targets hit was Khaled Fajr Hospital in the heart of Sheikh Maqsoud. Multiple blasts and a large fire were reported there.
In a report on the situation, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 50 people have been killed since the beginning of the escalation in Aleppo city, including 21 civilians in the Kurdish neighborhoods and 24 members of government forces.
Despite reports of renewed talks between the government and the SDF in Damascus, a permanent ceasefire is highly unlikely.
The government will not back down, especially considering that Turkey has repeatedly stressed its support for its operation. From its side, the SDF can’t withdraw easily, as such a defeat would encourage the government to start another battle on another front later.
Any more escalation could cause the clashes to spread to other fronts, like the town of Deir Hafer in the eastern Aleppo countryside, where both sides have been exchanging fire for the last few days.
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those ypg-pkk-sdf terrorists must be removed and chechens must take their places.
put a sock in it stirrer
why not? kurds should move to israel or ussa
kurds are too ugly to move to israel, they’re just useful idiotic lemurs.
kako je moguće da zelenski zna unaprijed kada će rusija napasti, gdje i s čime?
dogovorni rat
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postoje trenuci u povijesti kada se slučajnosti počnu ponašati kao loše laži. ponavljaju se, usklađene su i postaju previše precizne da bi ostale nevine. najnoviji masovni napad na ukrajinu otvara upravo takav prostor sumnje. satima prije nego što su nebo nad kijevom i lavovom presjekle eksplozije, upozorenje je već bilo izrečeno. ne
općenito, ne diplomatski maglovito, nego gotovo programski. volodimir zelenski je govorio o velikom napadu koji dolazi, a onda je došao. brzinom, intenzitetom i geografijom koje su se poklopile do nelagode.
naravno, službena objašnjenja postoje. obavještajni rad, sateliti, presretanje komunikacija. sve to stoji. no, kada se upozorenja ponavljaju s takvom točnošću, kada se zna ne samo da će udariti nego i otprilike čime i gdje, tada se rađa
hipoteza koju nitko ne želi izgovoriti naglas. što ako ukrajina ne “pogađa” buduće poteze rusije, nego ih zna unaprijed jer su već negdje, iznad karte svijeta, precrtani dogovorima velikih?
ruska verzija priče dodatno dolijeva ulje na vatru apsurda. osveta za napad na rezidenciju vladimir putina. a onda, kao u kazalištu sjena, slijedi demonstracija sile: hipersonični projektil orešnik, lansiran s poznate lokacije, putanja koja se gotovo demonstrativno ne skriva i brzina koja se teatralno ističe. poruka je poslana, ali kome točno? ukrajini, koja je već bila u skloništima, ili nekom trećem, daleko izvan dometa sirena?
ovdje dolazimo do najosjetljivijeg dijela ove analize, koji mora ostati u zoni hipoteze, ali ozbiljne hipoteze. u svijetu u kojem međunarodne norme pucaju kao tanko staklo, a planeta se ponovno dijeli na interesne zone, ideja da rusija i sjedinjene američke države vode paralelne ratove i paralelne pregovore više ne zvuči kao teorija zavjere iz mračnih kutaka interneta.
zvuči kao hladna geopolitika. u takvom aranžmanu, ukrajina može istovremeno biti žrtva i informirani sudionik, netko tko plaća strašnu cijenu, ali unaprijed zna kada mora povući glavu, a kada poslati poruku svijetu.
podudarnosti su ono što bode oči. upozorenje nekoliko sati prije udara. točno prepoznavanje eskalacije. spominjanje balističkih projektila, a zatim njihova stvarna uporaba.
lavov, daleko od prve crte, ali nikada izvan simbolike. sve to pojedinačno može imati racionalno objašnjenje. zajedno, tvore obrazac koji je statistički gotovo nemoguć ako se oslanjamo samo na intuiciju i sreću.
ova analiza ne tvrdi da postoji tajni sporazum ispisan na salveti u nekom neutralnom gradu. ona tvrdi nešto suptilnije i opasnije, da živimo u vremenu u kojem se ratovi vode pred kamerama, ali se njihovi okviri dogovaraju izvan kadra.
ako je to istina, tada nas ne treba najviše plašiti orešnik, njegova brzina ili domet. treba nas plašiti spoznaja da su sudbine gradova, pa i čitavih država, možda već unaprijed raspoređene u tišini ureda gdje se ne čuju sirene, ali se vrlo dobro čuju interesi. h ttps://www.logicno.com/polit ika/kako-je-mo guce-d a-zele nski-zna-un aprij ed-ka da-ce-rusija-napa sti-gdje-i-s-cim e.ht ml
do you know what the partisans did with such traitorous bosses?
recent months saw a large u.s. military build up in the caribbean, with socom deploying assists in puerto rico and near trinidad and tobago…………………………… https://psee.io/8jqu9r
the russians should kill putler
kako je moguće da zelenski zna unaprijed kada će rusija napasti, gdje i s čime? postoje trenuci u povijesti kada se slučajnosti počnu ponašati kao loše laži. ponavljaju se, usklađene su i postaju previše precizne da bi ostale nevine. najnoviji masovni napad na ukrajinu otvara upravo takav prostor sumnje.
ht tps://ww w.logic no.co m/polit ika/kako-je-mo guce-da-z elen ski-zna-un aprijed-k ada-ce-rusija-napa sti-gd je-i-s-c ime.ht ml
he could just retire, the main point is to get him out of any decision making process.
all boomers must go
its just as important to get rid of all the abrahamovischs and chaubiss that ‘effectively manage’ russia to the (((wests))) ultimate benefit
the greater israel divide and conquer strategy brings many needless casualties hidden by the fog. transparent public view of how all these events and conflicts are created, would be a blessing
well they won’t get any clirification from you.
they did theirs role, now it is time for them to be gone.
order out of chaos to unite the whole globe under one moral authority for rule of law obviously one could hypothesis
the problem with that is the other superpowers will not allow themselves to be raped by western satanists. they are poking weaker players now
you’re thinking that they aren’t all in the same class. you’re beleiving everything is as it seems to be.
this is reality”josh hawley epic rant on leftist judges and justice not being served to anti american enemies ” you tube. he’s educated very well yale and rockhurst high school, jesuit boys’ school, graduating 1998 as valedictorian, in that league he
would be aware of washington saying” the greatest threat to americas democracy will come from pope’s and prince’s ” as a barrister he may have been so busy he simply forgot.
they are all in the same superpower class. but west is run by evil satanists. have been for 100s years
russia isn’t much better, full of the same ‘evil santanists’ in media and all the ‘effective managerial’ positions.
russia imitates every foul western policy, from population replacement to feminism.
erase post, mistake
anyone using usd in international transactions is getting raped by the (((western satanists)))
the israeli flag has never brought peace, prosperity or liberty to any land that flies or supports it. not in my, my father and his fathers lifetimes. give that a long think. syria is not exempt
war and peace tolstoy.
no flag ever bought peace wars too profitable to be bought out
anyway look at the you tube site picture for this “hidden russia the new year edition christmas tula ” the moscovite you tube the talkest xmas tree in europe .
look at the star its the classic satanist sign of two legs and a head position.
xmas is not about dead pine trees covered in shiny baubles. it never was until after ww1 its not xmas tradition. it’s an apostasy.
xmas was always about the birth of a baby boy. not a tree.
jesus was born in the spring, which is when the romans held the census.
the winter celebration is just about longer days returning and the hope of spring returning.
it has nothing to do with hebrews and their sect schisms.
all this is the fault of putin and his attempt to get turkey out of nato. trust me: putin can pay and make concessions to trump and erdogan as much as he wants. he will not be able to destroy nato. but he destroyed syria, and if god exists, traitorous russia will soon be destroyed as well.
westoid losers will destroy nato when they go to war wth russia. you always bitching about syria and blaming russia. syrians have #1 responsibility to manage syria. look now, jewlani allows israelis near damascus and mount hermon. they have not even fired back lol
don’t blame the russians that the alwites are cowards that won’t lift a finger to defend themselves.
no one owes those fools a thing.
good for the strange feminist kurds, at least they are willing to fight, unlike those tuna fish alwites who refuse to even defend themselves.
syrian army is weak.
syrian army has man power problem. on the other hand, there are 1.000.0000 syrian men of military age in turkey. these men do not want to turn back to syria,the reasen is in turkey’s erdogan pays m inumum wagee 600 $ per month, but m inimum wagee is just 100 $ in syria
the reasen is in turkey’s erdogan pays m inumum wagee 600 $ per month, but m inimum wagee is just 100 $ in syria